Rubber-bead forming and covering apparatus.



J. R. GAII/IIVIETER.

RUBBER BEAU FORMING AND COVERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1913.

I 1 1 3 7 3 g I Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

3 SHEETSSHEET I l. R. GAMMETER.

RUBBER BEAD FORMING AND COVERING APPARATUS.

, APPLICAHON HLED JUNE 23, 1913. LEWJWQ Patented; @1227, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. J. R. GAMMETER. RUBBER BEAD FORMING-AND COVERING APPARATUS.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, H313.

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RUBEER-BEAD FO ING AND COVERING APPARATUS.

' Patented Apr. 27, 1915.;

* Application filed June as, 1913, serial no. 775,301.

,To all whom it may concern:

R. GAMMETE a citi zen of the Y'United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State {of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber-Bead Formin and Covering Apparatus, of which the following is aspecificationr of p e s Y being to form the core by squirtinga .vul-

,represents a side elevation of a bead -.ing with fabric p or containing-rubber lhis invention relates to means for covera strip- .01 core composed of or other plastic subof this kind are used, in making the clencher. beads tire shoes, a common method stance. Covered strips for example,

canlzable gum compound die and breaking or cuttin it off into lengths corresponding to the lengt of-the vulcanizing presses," these lengths of core being afterward covered with fabric j by hand. Owing- ,tothe fact that the cores have been allowed to cool and lose much of their surface adhesiveness before being covered, it has heretofore been necessaryto coat them with rubber cement'before applying the fabric covering in orderto make the latter adhere, and these cement-coated cores have to be placedin racks to allow the cement to artially dry before applying the fabric. uch a process isirelatiyelyslow, and is also expensive, as it requires areat deal of hand labor besides the cost o the cement and equi ment. v

y present inventionhas for its object to furnish a means .for'covering the gum strip 'or core, which shall be much quicker and cheaper than'the-old method and-.afi'ord' a better. product. This I accomplish by making and covering the plastic gum core in a continuous strip of any desired length, and applying the-fabric covering while the surface of the coreis still in a sufiiciently plastic condition to produce a firm adhesion to the cover, the latter preferably vhaving a frictioned coatof rubber compound applied to its inner surface.

Of the accompanying drawings,

through a heated Figure 1 forming and covering apparatus embodying my in-. vention. ig. 2 represents an elevation, partly in section, showing the squirting ma chine and adjacent parts. Fig. .3 represents a plan view of the covering mechanism. Fig; 4 represents a side elevation thereof.

ig. 5 represents a section on the line [wrappingfa cover-strip about sai ingand core-covering mechanisms .WhlCh pieces =asstrips of various wlth one or more-layers offabric.

of Fig. 4. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent sectional views showingisuccessive stages-inthe covering of the strip. Fig. 9 represents a perspective view of a portion of the covered shipr he complete apparatus comprises a mechanism for squirting or extruding the plastic gum in the form of a core of the desired cross-section, a mechanism for continuously I d core, a conveyer interposed between the coreformfor supporting the core dining its travel and ex'posing it to the atmosphere a sufficient length of time to effect a p'artialcooling and hardening of its surface, a speed-changing device for varying the speed of the squirting mechanism relatively to that of the conveyer, and i a secondspeed-changing device for varying the speedof the covering mechanism relatively to that of the conveyor. I believe the invention to reside particularly in the combination and coordination of these several devices with each other in groups and sub-groups for accomplishment of the purposes in -view,'and the variouselements may therefore have any construction suited to those, pur oses. The drawings and the following detailed description are to be taken: merely as .;illustrating a preferredmode of carrying theinvention into effect.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is a beadsquirting mechanism comprising a steamjacketed casing 11 with an inlet 12 into of gum compound 13 are fed worm o'r screw 14 therein, and

by hand, a

an outlet die 15 heated bya gas-jet 16, the

worm, being driven by a belt-pulley 17 through suitable gearing 18. This mechanism is of the type-commonly kn tube machine and although the die here represented is of a form adapted to extrude a solid strip or bead,-the die could be made to fornia gum tube, andmy invntib'napplies to theloovering cross-sectional forms,

19. is a conveyembelt passmgarq'und suitable driving and idle pulleys 21, 22, the driving eing supporteludes the three lower rolls 27, 28, 29 110 own as a5 ofsucha tube as well pulley .being operated through suit- 1 ablegearing 23 from a belt-pulley 24, and

grooved to conform to the shape ofthe bead and'mounted-on shafts 30, 31, 32, which are driven from the shaft 33' thruogh bevel gearing 34, and'chain-and-sprocket gearing 35; presser-rolls 36,37,138, mounted above thegrooved rolls; a trough-shaped leading-i turning'ovef the longer side of the coverstrip which has been turned up .by the -pliedto the top of the head or core-strip.

grooved roll 27, the final pressure being apand bottom portions of the covered bead by the rolls 29, 38. The rolls and guides of the covering mechanism may be variously formed and mounted to conform to the particular cross-sectional shape 48 is the core and 49 the cover-strip of the cover being represented in Figs. 6,7, 8. j

50 is an overhead power shaft having a pulley 51- connected by, a belt 52 with the pulley .24, so that the conveyer belt 19 is driven at aconstant speed from-said shaft 50 Thesquirting mechanism 10 and the .covering mechanism 36Iareconnected with the main shaft '50 by speed-changing devices 53, 54, so that their speed may be ad- 35' The speed-changer-53 is of a familiar type just'ed-relatively to that of the conveyer.

including" apair of reciprocally adjustable cone pulleys of variable diameter (only one I of which is shown) connected by a cleated beltand controllable by a hand-wheel 55 through a sproeket-and-chain connection 56. This mechanism being of familiar form is not represented in'detail, but it will be understood that its driving shaft is a continuation of. the power-shaft 50, its driven shaft is provided with a pulley 57 connected by a belt 58 with the pulley 17 of the squirting machine, and its controlling shaft is operatedby the hand-wheel 55.. a 1

The speed-changer 54 includes a pulley 59' attached to a'friction disk 60 and driven by a belt"61'from a pulley 62 on the main shaft 50, together with a friction wheel 62 splined to the shaft 33 of the covering mechanism and movable across the face of the disk 60bya hand-lever 63 and fork 64. at-

tached to a rock-shaft 65L In operating this apparatus, the control of the speed of; thesquirting-and covering forming and covering operations to be mechanisms 10, 26relative to that of the conveyer belt 19, which is afforded by the speed-changers 53 and 54, enables the corecarried on continuously and effectively. The core 48 hangs down in a loop 66 between the between the first and second pairs bead, the successivesteps in applylng the varying the machine, so that the attendants at the two ends of the conveyer may have a margin of time for readjusting the speeds of the squirting or covering mechanisms if required. The movable core which leaves the squirting machine gains in strength by partial cooling whilevbe'ing transported on the conveyer belt 19, but remains sufficiently plastic and adhesive to acquire a firm union with the fabric cover-strip which, as previously stated, is preferably provided with a frictioned coat of rubber compound on its inner surface.

I claim: v

1. An apparatus of the character {described comprising a mechanism for continuously extruding a core of plastic material, a mechanism for continuously applying a fabric cover .to said core, and means for supporting and exposing said core to the atmosphere between said mechanisms.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a mechanism for continuously extruding a core of plastic material, a mechanism for continuously applying a fabric cover to said core, and a positively-driven conveyer interposed between said mechanisms, for supporting said core. 3. An apparatus of the character described comprising a mechanism for continuously forming a plastic strip, a conveyer for supporting and advancing the formed strip, means for driving said mechanism and said conveyer, means for varying their relative speed, and means for 'continuously covering with fabric the strip delivered by said conveyer. v

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a conveyer for support ing and advancing a plastic core, a mecha-L nism for co ering said core with fabric, means for-driving said conveyer and said mechanism, and means for varying their relative speed.

. 5. An apparatus of the character ,de-

scribed comprising a mechanism for continuously forming a plastic core, a mechanismfor continuously applying a fabric cover to said core, a conveyer for supporting and advancing the core between said mechanisms, means for driving said mechanisms and said conveyer, and means for speed of the core-forming mechanism and the speed of the covering mechanism relatively to that of the con-' veyer.

-6. An apparatus of the character described comprising a plastic-core squirting machine, a core-covering machine, an interposed conveyer, a power-shaft adapted to drive said conveyer at a constant speed and also connected to drive the squirting and covering mechanisms, and speedand means for independently varying the changers included in the driving connecspeeds of the respective mechanisms relations between the last-said mechanisms and tively to that of the conveyer. the power-shaft. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 5 7. An apparatus of the character demy hand, in the presence of two subscribscribed dcomprising a conveyer, core-squirting witnesses, this twelfth day of June, 1913. mg an core-covering mechanisms se a-v rated from the receiving and delivering e ds JOHN GAMMETER' of said conveyer by free spaces permitting Witnesses: 10 the core to hang down in loops, means for WALTER K. MEANS,

driving said mechanisms and said conveyer, km N. KIRK. 

